Letter To The Editor: Rebuttal To Derogatory Remark About Boy Scouts
White Rock
A couple of months ago, the Los Alamos Daily Post carried a story about art in Fuller Lodge (link). Included in the article was a Los Alamos County Councilor’s criticism of a picture of Ranch School Boy Scouts that, given the immorality of the Boy Scouts, was inappropriate to display. This open letter to the community is a rebuttal to this idea.
Pedophilia is a difficult issue, and until ~20 years ago, it was not taken seriously enough. Presently, I am over 70 years old. I was a youth participant in Boy Scouts from ages 9 to 18. From ages 46 to 70, I served (>23 years) as Scout Master of Troop 129 in White Rock. I was not aware that pedophilia was an issue in BSA, the Boy Scouts of America, until criminal background checks and two-deep adult leadership became required in about the year 2000.